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14.
Hypoxia is the condition in which the oxygen at tissue level decreased. But it can't measured directly by laboratory values.
Hypoxemia is the condition where the arterial saturation PaO2 is below 80 percentage.
Clinical signs of hypoxaemia include
- cyanosis- skin colour changes vary from blue colour to cherry red.
- Cheyne's stoke respiration (irregular breathing)
- Tachycardia
- PaO2 value in oximeter below 80percentage
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